Magnet (7-8/97, p.67) - "...Her subtly echoed, multi-tracked singing recalls Patsy Cline but substitutes the the hue of an introspective folk singer for Cline's honky-tonk brass..."Melody Maker (6/7/97, p.48) - "...CALLING OVER TIME re-maps the darkest of territories, recalls the most poignant of moments and listened to under the right circumstances is...levitational. Can't recommend it enough."0.6408877

Q (p.125) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] joyful collection of her '80s highlights....Her enthusiasm is infectious..."Dirty Linen (p.86) - "[S]he seemed like a sophisticated reincarnation of the spirit of Patsy Cline while still being unmistakably herself."No Depression (p.114) - "Kitschy cowpunk comes fully to the fore on numbers such as 'Angel With A Lariat' and the ever-rousing "Turn Me Round'..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.120) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[This album] shows how she always did love her country music while winking broadly at all its rhinestone eccentricities."0.5127102

Rolling Stone (7/20/00, p.141) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Quick-paced fluff with the retro exactness, and the soul, of a Pottery barn sofa....[Her] lighter musical tack encourages her to retire the galloping self-regard that can cancel the attractiveness of her voice..."Entertainment Weekly (6/23/00, p.102) - "Lang wants to be sunny, flirty, and lighthearted throughout this shimmery CD....[her] music is often as wispy as the commitment she shows her objects of affection." - Rating: B-Uncut (8/00, p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Perhaps it's because she sounds like the love child of Patsy Cline and Nat King Cole, but the summers she conjures up are those of long ago..."CMJ (6/26/00, p.33) - "...Reflects her new, care-free attitude, topped with sweeping orchestration and multi-layered vocal harmonies..."Mojo (Publisher) (7/00, p.111) - "...Light, upbeat, near as dammit antithetical to her agony-of-love INGENUE, [INVINCIBLE SUMMER] finds her with hands trembling, pulse quickening, running along the beach, luxuriating in love's joys....finding her surrendering to it body and soul."0.3845326

Rolling Stone (p.92) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[F]rom her luscious, aching croon, and her ensemble's solemn high-mesa twang and groove, you'd never guess she wasn't covering Patsy Cline standards."Rolling Stone (p.109) - Ranked #45 in Rolling Stone's "The Top 50 Albums Of 2006" -- "[Featuring] her smoky voice, rootsy band and cryptic songwriting..."Spin (p.60) - Ranked #17 in Spin's "The 40 Best Albums of 2006" -- "Her music is a study in visceral pleasure; when those pipes kick in, it's like sunlight piercing storm clouds."Uncut (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[D]rawing on Baptist spirituals, lush country-pop and torch-song twang, it's less alt.country history lesson, more fairytale fever dream of Americana."Magnet (p.89) - "Neko Case not only carries torch songs, she handles them with care. And when she belts it out, she's as stirring as her gospel heroes and as punk as Exene Cervenka."Down Beat (p.84) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[With an] unearthly beauty and uninterrupted landscapes of life after life..."Dirty Linen (p.55) - "The songs themselves are so lush and layered that they sound orchestrated....[The songs] stay with you for a long, long time."Mojo (Publisher) (p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hese songs -- build on melodies resonant as hymns, but without traditional structures -- reveal themselves only in repetition; they're well suited for winter nights spent staring at a fire."0.3204438